UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

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                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                      SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): June 21, 2005


                       AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
               (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


       Delaware                      1-8787                   13-2592361
   (State or Other           (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
   Jurisdiction of                                          Identification No.)
   Incorporation)


                                 70 Pine Street
                            New York, New York 10270
                    (Address of Principal Executive Offices)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 770-7000

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         (Former name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Section 5 - Corporate Governance and Management

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Principal Officers; Election of Directors;
           Appointment of Principal Officers.

     On June 21, 2005, American International Group, Inc. (AIG) announced that
David L. Herzog, age 45, has been named AIG Comptroller and has been elected an
AIG Senior Vice President.

     Mr. Herzog previously served as Chief Financial Officer of AIG's worldwide
life insurance operations since 2004. Prior to that, he served as Chief
Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of AIG's domestic life insurance
companies, a position held since AIG's acquisition of American General
Corporation in 2001. Prior to joining AIG, Mr. Herzog served as Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of American General Corporation's life
division since February 2000.

                                   SIGNATURES

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf
by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                       AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC.
                                                 (Registrant)

Date: June 24, 2005                    By /s/ KATHLEEN E. SHANNON
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                                        Name:  Kathleen E. Shannon
                                        Title: Senior Vice President
                                               and Secretary